Thursday Thrifting

It’s Thrifty Nifty Thursday! This week has been a good week in general. For that I should call today THANKFUL Thursday. (the kitten is just for #CUTENESSOVERLOAD)

It’s funny how we feel the need to categorize our stuff, maybe that helps us with a sense of order in this crazy world. Or maybe it serves as a reminder to stop and smell the roses, as it were, to admonish ourselves to remember the good things, those thing that bring a smile to our face, and just be grateful.

There is an amazing Bible verse that helps to keep our mental stuff in its proper perspective. Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And with that, I’ll move on to something lovely and of good report! It was the end of May, my husband and I were out running errands and decided to make a quick stop at a thrift shop on the way home. It was actually a shop we had not visited before and so it was exciting .. treasure hunting, you know.

Most of the time, I have a running mental list of things I may be interested in, if the price is right and IF I have the funds. We usually start looking at the kitchen things. New, kitchen things are expensive and always worth the investment…but if you can find it for a fraction of the price .. SCORE!

So I’m looking at baking pans and my eye catches the outline of something that I’ve been dreaming about. I walk quickly, but not too quickly as to draw attention to myself and the excitement whelling up in my heart. It’s a KitchenAid mixer! At the thrift shop? Those are well sought after and hard to find second-hand. Just the week before, while at a yard sale, I found a little KitchenAid mixer in working order and the owner wanted $300! at a yard sale?! It was the smallest one KitchenAid makes and came with a pasta maker attachment, but still .. $300? at a yard sale? I come from the era of yard sales that people still charged less than $20 for big items and nickles and dimes for the small stuff.

Anywhooo… back to my story… I look at the mixer skeptically as I search for the price. Some thrift shops are getting mighty proud of the donations they receive…I find the tag .. I ask my husband to look at the tag to make sure I read it correctly.

Yes, you read that correctly. $34.99! Well, did it have all the pieces? Check. Does it work? We hefted it into the cart and went over to ask the clerk if we could plug it in and make sure it worked ok. IT WORKS! Calm down, Cristina, calm down...I kept telling myself as we were checking out. By the time we reached the car, I was doing the dance of joy!! This Kitchen Aid mixer is my preferred color of white, it has all the pieces, it is the ‘professional’ model, and it WORKS!! AND I had the funds to purchase it! My birthday was the week before and our sweet children (who know how much I like to treasure hunt) had given me birthday money.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning

-James 1:17

that little scuff on the front is the only blemish .. there are no dings nor nicks. I am beyond thankful to the LORD God who set this mixer aside for me to find. He gave me a lovely birthday present!!

I have since used it to make my cookie dough and royal icing. Beautiful.

What treasures have you found this summer? Talk to the LORD, he knows what you have need of, and he loves us to walk with him and delight in his ways. He will direct your steps if you let him.

By the way, I have my favorite tools and resources linked to Amazon. So if you need something quickly or you haven’t found it at your local thrift shop or yard sale, you can get it on Amazon. By purchasing your supplies via this page you are supporting my blog and little bakery .. Thank you!

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